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I don't know, but if you noticed once that prop went bang, there was a huge vibration that stopped when the engine stopped. I would say the prop was substantially out of balance after the failure. I would think the only way to regain control of the airplane at that point would be to shut the engine down.

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Its hard to say whether he had an engine failure after the prop went south or did he shut it down, but you could see the way the thing was vibrating - no fun. Immediately he pitched up - traded altitude for airspeed and was able to dead stick in with no problem.